Major League Baseball 2K8 360 Impressions

[Bat]

Quote: Originally Posted by kiz5

- Franchise Slider progression settings -- was that in there before? I never played Franchise last year, and didn't notice that. Hitter / Pitcher progression rates, as well as Hitter / Pitcher regression rates.

That is awesome!

I am very interested in some franchise questions..

-Does the computer have good lineup AI? No more Greg Zaun leading off.
-When a new season starts are there still good players left in FA?
-Does the computer do a good job in the fantasy draft? In previous years alot of teams would take weird picks and their team would be pretty bad.

I know you are prolly trying a bunch of stuff out, but if you get a chance that would be great thanks.

[sask3m]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bat9th

That is awesome! I am very interested in some franchise questions.. -Does the computer have good lineup AI? No more Greg Zaun leading off. -When a new season starts are there still good players left in FA? -Does the computer do a good job in the fantasy draft? In previous years alot of teams would take weird picks and their team would be pretty bad. I know you are prolly trying a bunch of stuff out, but if you get a chance that would be great thanks.

i thought i had read there was an option to adjust cpu lineups and rotation before the game starts, maybe not though.

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bat9th

That is awesome! I am very interested in some franchise questions.. -Does the computer have good lineup AI? No more Greg Zaun leading off. -When a new season starts are there still good players left in FA? -Does the computer do a good job in the fantasy draft? In previous years alot of teams would take weird picks and their team would be pretty bad. I know you are prolly trying a bunch of stuff out, but if you get a chance that would be great thanks.

Things look good, at least after the fantasy draft.

Glancing through, the worst team seems to be Tampa, but they also have BJ Upton, and Cano, so they probably drafted for potential.

One thing I noticed, was that the "No Budgets -- budget will be 110% of payroll after the draft" doesn't exactly work. I drafted the most expensive players, and had a payroll near 400 million. Budget was still "only" set at 175 or so, so it's not perfect with what it says.

Still trying out a lot though.

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by boomhauertjs

Kiz, how long is a game taking you to finish?

Not sure right now. It takes a bit of time. Maybe an hour or so? I haven't timed it, or even paid attention to time while playing it.

I'll pay attention next time. I also don't really pay attention to cut scenes / replays / etc., and get through them when they come up.

[kiz5]

Quote: Originally Posted by sask3m

i thought i had read there was an option to adjust cpu lineups and rotation before the game starts, maybe not though.

Correct.

[Motown]

Quote: Originally Posted by sask3m

i'm interested in whether or not there is much difference in frame rate between 360 and ps3 but i guess that will be hard to tell unless you see them both in action.

Kush mentioned that the PS3 & 360 are pretty much identical w/ gfx,framerate, progressive lighting,animations,responsiveness,etc...

[TeixeiraFanatic]

Okay I have a pretty basic question.

When pitching, when you release the analog stick is that the place the circle stops or when you get the analog in the right position?(i.e for a fastball you go straight down then up.) To stop the circle in the green do you hold the analog stick up until it gets in the green or what?

Thanks for the impressions Kiz

[RoyalBoyle78]

Kiz, I have a question, does it look like they have players real salaries in the game? Could you look, thanks.